Blue Big Sky, MT
Africa drops 489 vertical feet over 1,417 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 40 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 124th steepest of 290 named runs at Big Sky. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 20°, Africa gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Big Sky does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 96th shadiest named run at Big Sky. Its top sits at 8,520 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.